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Landfill site in Aravali foothill raises eyebrows

Source: The Hindu, Date: August , 2015

In the wake of reports that the local administration has
identified a new 92-acre landfill site in the Aravali foothill area, several
environmentalists, waste management activists and concerned citizens have come
together to oppose the move. Spearheading the movement, Ruchika Sethi, who runs
‘Why Waste Your Waste’ campaign, said: “We fully understand the challenges
faced by the local administration in their efforts to streamline waste
management services and find an alternate to the exhausted site of Bhandwari.
However, given the rapidly increasing quantities in this furiously developing
city and diverse characteristics of waste, the undesirable consequences of
conventional waste management and its failure to tap fully the resource value
of waste and reduce green house gases will impact the sustainable development
of the city and health of its citizens.”